“O my soul, do not come into their secret council;
Let not my glory (honor) be united with their assembly [for I knew nothing of their plot];
Because in their anger they killed men [an honored man, Shechem, and the Shechemites],
And in their self-will they lamed oxen.

And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:

Abimelech chased him, and Gaal ran from him. Many Shechemites fell wounded at the entrance of the gate.

The next day the Shechemites came out to the field. When Abimelech heard about it,